Yesterday's Walk

 I fully intended to post our walk yesterday but got busy cooking, then watching TV, or shall I say YouTube, because we don't subscribe to any TV packages. Quite a bit of news is posted on YouTube now, some as it happens, and from quite a few different sources, so we don't feel "out of the loop". Maybe you can check out The MeidasTouch on YouTube "The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy." Help them get to 4 Million subscribers.

On to yesterday's walk. We went to Pleasant Valley Nature Park, which is listed as a Mountain Bike Loop in AllTrails, but it is also for hiking, just be prepared to step out of the way. It was a beautiful day, partly sunny, mild, light breeze, the last "good" day for awhile as rain moved in last night.

Pleasant Valley Nature Park, Grafton, Wisconsin

This photo speaks "November" to me, with the soft, muted colors that are left after October fades

The address is Grafton but the sign says Cedarburg

This was halfway through our walk. After this point we had to follow a more narrow path back to the main trail. There were a few mountain bikers we needed to step aside for. It was a good walk, about a mile, which is short for us.

In today's news, my Petunias are still blooming!

Frost and Sun

 A good day for a walk! I can't believe my petunias are STILL alive. I love it. Yesterday I cut back the Coleus because they were looking so sad and found a few healthy ones. I will come back later and share where we walked.

The amazing petunias, surviving harsh two day winds and frost!

Little coleus were hiding under bigger ones

The geranium Chrissy gave me in 2016

#NaBloPoMo Better Times Ahead

 First of all....YES hubby got the job. He starts training this month for Assistant Extrusion Operator. After more training he will be promoted to Operator. This seems like a good company that values training and their employees.

Today is calm and sunny. Yesterday and the day before the WIND would not let up. At Walmart the gusts were so strong I had to hang onto the cart and stumble along as it blew me across the parking lot, well, a few yards anyway. They said 50 to 60 mph gusts. At least we were getting some rain so we weren't buried in dust clouds.

I can't believe these Petunias have held up through frosts and all the wind! This picture is from yesterday, and they are still blooming on November 1st! Notice the stormy sky.

I like this bigger picture of the clearing storm clouds

I'm very thankful hubby found a job here in town so we don't need to move. It's expensive and exhausting, and apartments cost more everywhere. The reason we catch a break is because we have lived here since they built this building in 2018. And I love the view.

We are done with Helgesen, but as a matter of record, I wanted to mention a couple things. When my hubby was interviewing with different companies they would ask him, "What happened at Helgesen?" So he explained that Standard Iron bought Helgesen in August and proceeded to change everything. They eliminated third shift, and with it the $7 per hour shift premium. Well, companies are allowed to take away shifts with premiums, but they also eliminated all the merit raises my hubby received through the years. He ended lower than he hired in! So many sad people who used to enjoy working there. Another fallout from the mess is a company across the street that was connected to Helgesen is going out of business. So, that's what happened in a nutshell.

On to better things. Hubby and I are taking advantage of this free time. Planning to visit my daughter this month before he starts the new job.

Here is my stuffed south window. I even have some Coleus cuttings.

Double decker plants lol 

Might take a walk tomorrow. Since this is November I will try to post every day. I think I'm supposed to tag this post....?